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1 | One Pastor and one assembly? | Acts 2:42 | Bereaniam | 175128 | ||
Hello Br. Kalos, In your first post on this subject you were agreeing with Hank. You said "if everyone went church hopping there would be no churches to hop to." Your connotation of the word "church" in that sentence is a "building". And yes, you also did mention the words "church hopping" in that sentence. In another sentence that you wrote, you said,"If no one believed in joining a local church, there would be no local church." Again, your definition of "church" is that it is a building. How can you "join a local church?" My bottom line, is there a book, chapter and/or verse that says a Christian has to sit under one pastor and do it only with the same (nearly the same) people each week? His, Margaret |
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2 | One Pastor and one assembly? | Acts 2:42 | kalos | 175135 | ||
Margaret: In re-reading what I had written earlier I now see that the problem is that I failed to clearly communicate what I meant. When I used the word "church" I did not mean "building". Here's what I meant. When I used the word "church" in the sentences you quote, what I meant was "assembly" or "congregation." What I meant was: If everyone went CONGREGATION hopping there would be no CONGREGATION to hop to. CONGREGATION -- the people not a building. My intended meaning of the word "church" was the people who make up the congregation, whether they meet in a building or out under the stars. "Building" has nothing to do with what I meant. In the other sentence what I meant was: If no one believed in joining a local CONGREGATION, there would be no local CONGREGATION to join. Again what I meant had nothing to do with a building. Sorry for my failure to communicate. I appreciate you for pointing out that I had not made my meaning clear and for giving me another chance to clarify it. Grace to you, John |
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